The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-09-14
THE ROMANTIC COUNT.
A CERTIFICATE AS TO HIS GENU-
lNe NOBILITY.

A Good Man for the Chinese Expedition.
but worth wstching-His Early Train
ing-Lscking In Moral stability. His
Career In America
PHILADELPHIA, Sept l2-Professor l.. J.
Boeck, OF 4, 800 KensDgton avenue. nursed
the Count Mitkewicz when he was baby,
and is thoroughly familiar with his career.
He said to a reporter yesterday:
when was "A young man, many years
ago, received my education at the Univer-
sity OF Breslau, and afterward went % War
saw. where ] entered the service If Russia
as professor of education. then be
came acquainted with Count Mitkiewicz,
who was general postmaster of Poland
and one Of the richest men in the cap
ital At his palace | met the most
scientific and learned men Of Poland and
Russia. Some time after, when the count
had resigned his high Office and was specu
lating W the gold fields Of southern Liberia
and the zinc mines Of Galicia was APP
pointed preceptor 10 his sons There were
three counts, Alexander and Cocsw and a
baby Eugene This is the Count Mitkiewicz
who is at the head Of the Chinese expedi-
ton. | nursed him ia my arms often,
aud saw him grow up from babyhood
20 boyhood. ! subsequently left the counts
employ aud went 20 Berlin, from
which was forced to flee, and then joined
Gen. Ben and fought in the Hungarian cam
paign against the Austrans. | became pri-
yate secretary % VI. Viossuth who succeeded
Count AndraSSy as diplomatic representative
at Constantin0ple In consequence Of the
Vaccinations If the Russian officials, was
made prisoner Of state by the sultan, and
was rescued by Mr. Marsh, the American
minister, who smuggled me on 10 the United
States frigate Mississippi and enabled me 10
flee TO Marseilles and thence 10 Paris. There
became professor at the Tarboune and
was prosperous until the coup d'etat Of Ma
poleon iii. when was ordered % quit Paris
in twenty-four hours then came 10 Amer
lea. bring with,me letters of recommendation
10 Henry Tappan, Of the University Of
Michigan, and 10 Mr. Bancroft
'in 1868 met young Mitkewicz IN New
York and recognized him at once as the boy
| had taught at Warsaw years before The
young Pole, fresh from the trammels Of
Russian oppression, with fine material and
physical development. but without any
moral training. soon found that he bad full
freedom and he commenced 10 sow his
Wild oats with marvellous CELEBRITY. Having
plenty Of money, he soon found fertile
field, and he was the prey Of all who
wished % use or abuse him. His money, at
first unlimited, soon became scarce, and his
brother, Count Alexander, having stopped
supplies, he began to borrow right and left,
and soon became immersed in debt and
trouble Although | cannot excuse him,
could not blame the boy. His bringing up
was bad as it always is for young Russian
mobiles, and he had no pioral stability
There is no doubt as t. his nobility, but
his father died too early for his sons vel.
fare. Eugene know, married Miss les
ter, OF Rochester, " Y She has been dead
some time, and he has to provide for seven
children For a long line of years ! have
known his family, which is among the great
est and most honored in Russian Poland.
am sure he is good man to send out on the
Chinese expedition, and that Wharton
Barker's selection IS wise one, but the
count wants very strict watch kept over
his actions